Watership Down
British novelist, 1920–2016.
Watership Down is a 1972 novel by Richard Adams.
On 3 of the 19 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- Richard Adams
- First published
- 1972
- Length
- 656 pages (UK paperback)
- Genre
- Children's and young adult, Fable, Adventure, War and conflict
Is Watership Down worth reading?
3 of the 19 best-of lists it could have made include it, among them Readers' top 100 novels (The Guardian) and The Big Read top 100 (BBC).
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime (Amazon.co.uk, 2014) | Listed | See the list |
| Readers' top 100 novels (The Guardian, 2026) | No. 46 | See the list |
| The Big Read top 100 (BBC, 2003) | No. 42 | See the list |
Best edition of Watership Down
The edition we link to is the Puffin Classics paperback (2014), 656 pages.
- Publisher
- Puffin Classics (paperback, 2014)
- Pages
- 656
- ISBN
- 9780141354965
How critics, prizes and readers rate Watership Down
Readers rate it most highly: it earned 45% of the points available on readers' and booksellers' lists, against 0% on critics' lists and 0% on prize lists.
Share of the available points it earned on each kind of list it was eligible for. How the scores work
Books like Watership Down
If you liked Watership Down, try The Lord of the Rings, Cloud Atlas or The Stand.
